[asterisk-biz] Eid Mubarak

[Steve Totaro]

Not anymore but....

http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/WMNS/Projects/Wmns36/violence/sacframe.htm

The basic teachings of Judaism and Christianity are rooted in
sacrificial practices which are no longer performed. What is interesting
in light of the religious ground America was built upon, is our absolute
abhorrence and ethnocentric evaluation of sacrifices, human or animal,
past and present. Perhaps Christians and Jews do not want to acknowledge
that the roots of their religions are covered in sacrificial blood as
well. True, the Biblical God did not require the large number of humans
required by other deities in other places, but the underlying principles
are similar.

The Hebrew Bible establishes sacrificial laws which broadly distinguish
between vegetable and animal offerings. Within the category of animal
sacrifices the law designated further distinctions, with one exception:
all sacrificial animals had to be blemish-free. There were three types
of sacrifices: the 'sin' or 'trespass' offering, the 'burnt' offering,
and the 'peace' offering. The sin or trespass offering could be carried
out with a male or female goat, a female lamb, a dove or a pigeon. The
blood from the sacrificed animal was "symbolically displayed in various
ways: sprinkled before the Lord, smeared on the horns of the altar and
poured out at the altar of burnt offering"(Leviticus 4,6,&14). The burnt
offering required a male lamb, ram, goat or bullock. This sacrificial
animal was burnt upon the altar in its entirety. The peace offering
could take three forms: as a token of thanks, in fulfillment of a vow,
or to confirm a peace treaty. Either sex of cattle, sheep or goats was
acceptable, and the sacrificer consumed part of his sacrificial offering
(Sacrificial Laws).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Phillips [mailto:g7ltt at g7ltt.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 3:43 PM
> To: rehan at supertec.com; Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
> Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Eid Mubarak
> 
> You're belief would be wrong. I can't speak for Jews but Christians
> don't practice the sacrifice of anything.
> 
> 
> Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI
> Randolph, NJ
> http://www.g7ltt.com
> 
> 
> Rehan AllahWala wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > For those who celebrate Eid.
> >
> > I would like to wish you a very Happy Eid Mubarak.
> >
> > For those who do not know what it is, Its a Prayer in memory of
Ishmael
> son of
> > Abraham, when he attempted to sacrifice his beloved son on request
by
> god.
> >
> > Muslim's celebrate it with a sacrifice of a goat every year.
> >
> > I belive Christians &  Jew's belive in the same.
> >
> > Peace and Harmony to all.
> >
> > Rehan
> >
> >
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